… because the air conditioner is out of commision. It was going bad, and the repairman had to take out the parts that weren’t really working, anyway. He said that when we were using it, it wasn’t cooling well (which pretty much fits the behaviour I was seeing) and that it was on the path of breaking down completely. So by Monday, I’ll be out a chunk of money, but have a working a/c again.
For the time being, I went to Fry’s and bought a floor fan, and now we have a breeze in the house. It’d work, except that I really don’t want to have to leave my bedroom door open to get it working.
You could get some dry ice and put it in a shallow bucket in front of your new floor fan … regular ice works in a pinch, too.
Of course, you’ll have to vent the room every once in a while to prevent.. ah.. asphyxiation.
holy crap, I spelled that right on the first try!
I’ve always found A/C problems a good time to see how friendly your friends are 🙂 LotR or Godfather movie day, anyone?
I own a portable a/c unit but I loaned it to Hong a long time ago so his (or maybe stella’s) rabbits wouldn’t combust. If you need it, you could probably get it from him